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"Moonshiners" Tim Smith collecting donations, equipment for hurting West, Texas
WDBJ7 ReporterA volunteer firefighter from Pittsylvania County is on his way to West, Texas, to help rebuild the town devastated by the deadly fertilizer plant explosion last week. The blast left 14 dead and more than 200 people hurt, including first responders....Tags: Television Industry, Trips and Vacations, Texas Fertilizer Plant Explosion (2013), Travel
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Pittsylvania County teachers to get new dress code
WDBJ7 ReporterWhen you go to work are you dressing appropriately? One superintendent in Southern Virginia says his employees aren't. Teachers, staff and volunteers in the Pittsylvania County school system have been told a new dress code is in the works for next...Tags: Education, Teaching and Learning, Teachers, Career and Workplace, Collective Contract
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Pittsylvania County student arrested after bringing loaded gun to Dan River High School
WDBJ7 ReporterWhen students arrived at school on Wednesday morning, they noticed someone in the parking lot who wasn't supposed to be there. It was a teenager who was suspended earlier this week. Other students reported seeing him on school grounds. "So we were...Tags: Juvenile Delinquency, Teaching and Learning, Students, Prisons
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High school student arrested Thursday
A high school student was arrested in Pittsylvania County on Thursday. Authorities say students at Dan River High School noticed another student on campus with a gun yesterday. He had been suspended from school earlier in the week. On Wednesday,...
Tags: High Schools, Teaching and Learning, Education, Schools, Students
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UPDATE: Vote delayed on Pittsylvania County school safety initiative
WDBJ7 ReporterThe Pittsylvania County Board of Supervisors approved its budget at a meeting Tuesday night. The budget does not include a tax increase. However, the board of supervisors decided to wait on voting about the proposed school safety initiative until...Tags: Budgets and Budgeting, Health and Safety at School
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Danville technology company expanding, adding 25 new jobs
A Danville technology company is expanding and adding 25 new jobs. To meet growing demand, Governor McDonnell’s office announced Tuesday morning that CBN Secure Technologies Inc. is adding space and 25 new jobs. The Danville operation, which...
Tags: Government, Bob McDonnell, Executive Branch, Politics, Regional Authority
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Former Martinsville police officer charged with shooting woman
A former Martinsville City Police officer has been charged with shooting a woman Sunday at an apartment complex. James Scott Witherow has been charged with malicious wounding. He is being held on a $5,000 secured bond in the Martinsville City Jail....
Tags: Martinsville (Martinsville, Virginia), Shootings, Prosecution
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Students in the Dan River region venture outside classroom
WDBJ7 ReporterCollege students took a break from studying and starting digging today in Danville. It's known as the Day to Engage where students from Averett University, Danville Community College and Piedmont Community College help spruce up the community....Tags: Teaching and Learning, Education, Students, Colleges and Universities
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Farming students learn valuable lesson during Southside FFA competition
WDBJ7 ReporterIf a farmer's tractor is broken or an engine needs rebuilding, can you help repair it? That's two of several timed tasks students were given Wednesday in Pittsylvania County for the Southside Future Farmers of America Career Development Rally at the...Tags: Appomattox County, Teaching and Learning, Education, Students
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Pittsylvania County school board discusses school safety measures
WDBJ7 has learned how the Pittsylvania County school board could to deal with new school security upgrades. The board met Tuesday evening to discuss the seven ideas the sheriff suggested. The only two ideas the board can agree on would be putting...
Tags: Photography and Video, Photography Supplies and Services, Services and Shopping
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Pittsylvania County man charged in deadly Longwood University shooting
A man from Pittsylvania County is in jail tonight after a deadly shooting on the campus of Longwood University Saturday night. State Police say Darryl Elmore shot and killed a man from Mechanicsville in a trailer on a construction site at Lancer Park, a...
Tags: Murder, Shootings, Firearms, Colleges and Universities, Prisons
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Police investigating Longwood University shooting
We know more about a deadly shooting at a Virginia college that involved a man from Pittsylvania County. Darryl Elmore, of Hurt, is accused of shooting and killing John Robles of Mechanicsville. It happened Saturday night at a construction site...
Tags: Shootings, Colleges and Universities
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